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An Onipa'a Software Production        Vol. 8, No. 1 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Publisher................................Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. Editor.....................................................Lyle Syverson Internet Email, Publisher.........................thelamp@sheppyware.net Internet Email, Editor................................lyle@FoxValley.net ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::                            TABLE OF CONTENTS                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                             January 15, 2005HIGH ABOVE THE ROCK RIVER---------------------------------------------[OPN]     A Winter Challenge     Apple II ChallengesA2 FORUM AT Syndicomm Online (A2Central.com) DISTILLATIONS------------[DAS]     Who Owns This Car------------------------------------------------[WOC]     Interesting Apple Story------------------------------------------[IAS]     New Uploads to the A2 Library------------------------------------[NUL]     Silvern Castle Updates-------------------------------------------[SCU]     Dictionary Client for the IIgs-----------------------------------[DCG]     The Monthly Programmer Chats-------------------------------------[MPC]     Life of Ryan-----------------------------------------------------[LOR]ILLUMINATING THE LAMP-------------------------------------------------[ITL]     An overview of GEnieLamp A2 and The Lamp!          To be ContinuedANNOUNCEMENTS FROM SYNDICOMM------------------------------------------[ANS]     To Sign up for Syndicomm Online----------------------------------[TSU]     First Syndicommotion of 2005 Posted------------------------------[FSP]LETTERS TO THE EDITOR-------------------------------------------------[LTE]     No Letters to the Editor This Month     An InvitationKFEST 2005------------------------------------------------------------[KF5]     Looking Way Ahead------------------------------------------------[LWA]     KansasFest 2005 to be Held July 19-24th--------------------------[TBH]     KansasFest Website-----------------------------------------------[KFW]EXTRA INNINGS     About The Lamp! ------------------------------------------------ [INN]                                [*] [*] [*]READING THE LAMP!   The index system used by The Lamp! is designed to make"""""""""""""""""   your reading easier.  To use this system, load thisissue into any word processor or text editor.  In the index you will findsomething like:EXTRA INNINGS     About The Lamp! ------------------------------------------------ [INN]To read this article, simply use your search or find command to locate[INN].  There is a similar tag at the end of each article: [EOA].[OPN]-------------------------------         HIGH ABOVE THE ROCK RIVER |------------------------------------From The Editor"""""""""""""""by Lyle Syverson <lyle@FoxValley.net>                            A Winter Challenge                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     A few days ago the scene from High Above The Rock River was that of aWinter Wonderland.  A heavy blanket of snow was on the ground... snowsticking to each branch and twig of every tree and shrub.  The total snowaccumulation of eight inches would insure enough snow for the 19th annualSnow Sculpting Contest.     Snow is packed into a wooden form 6 feet by 6 feet by 10 feet tall.The form is lifted from the block of tightly packed snow with a crane andused again and again until a block of snow has been created for each teamthat has registered to compete.     Each team of two to four members has come up with a plan... a drawingand/or a model of the sculpture they hope to create.  On Wednesday, January19 they start their work.  Judging takes place on Saturday... they areunder the gun to finish by then.  The public is invited to view the teamswhile they work... and especially to view the finished sculptures onSunday.     So people are willing to accept the challenge of creating a sculpturefrom a block of snow in three days... knowing that as soon as warm weathersets in their work will be gone... all they will have left are somephotographs and their memory of the event.                            Apple II Challenges                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     After all these years, people are still willing to accept thechallenge of coaxing more from the Apple II computers.  People have createdand are still creating emulators.  People are working on various methods ofgetting the Apple II's online.  Software is being written.  Hardware isunder development.  Quite a legacy![EOA]ASCII ART BEGINS_________  _                     _                                      _|__   __| | |                   | |                                    | |   | |    | |                   | |                                    | |   | |    | |___     ____       | |       _____   __ ___ _   _ _____   | |   | |    | ___ \   / __ \      | |      /____ \  | v   v | | v ___ \  | |   | |    | |  | | | /__\ \     | |       ____| | | /\ /\ | |  /   \ \ | |   | |    | |  | | | _____|     | |      / ___  | | || || | | |    | | |_|   | |    | |  | | | |_____     | |____  | |__| | | || || | |  \___/ /  _   |_|    |_|  |_| \______|     |______| \____^_| |_||_||_| | |\____/  |_|                                                            | |                                                            | |                                                            |_|ASCII ART ENDS[EOA][DAS]----------------------------------------------DISTILLATIONS FROM The A2 FORUM at Syndicomm.com  |                                  (A2Central.com) |---------------------------------------------------by Lyle Syverson <lyle@foxvalley.net>[WOC]WHO OWNS THIS CAR?""""""""""""""""""Guys... you will NEVER believe what I found parked a block down from myapartment - I barely could myself:http://www.syndicomm.com/~kgagne/parked/This picture was taken in Worcester, Massachusetts, the morning of Friday,December 10th.Anyone have any idea whose this is??-Ken(KGAGNE, Cat 2, Top 6, Msg 122)>>>>>"""""I can't think of any Apple II users I know in Maine, but that's just offthe top of my head.RyanChief Sysop and Head Elf(A2.RYAN, Cat 2, Top 6, Msg 123)>>>>>"""""I was going to leave a handwritten note with my email address on the car'swindshield, but instead I typed it in Appleworks Classic and printed ascreen shot.  I also included a print-out of the picture at<http://www.syndicomm.com/~kgagne/kfest2002/source/25.html>.No response yet.-Ken(KGAGNE, Cat 2, Top 6, Msg 124)[EOA][IAS]INTERESTING APPLE STORY"""""""""""""""""""""""This true story about some Apple "employees" could go in so manycategories/topics, but I'll put the link here just to make a decision.  :-)<http://www.pacifict.com/Story/>I apologize that it's technically Mac-related, but the story theme isgeneric - and way too good to pass up!Peter               peterw@syndicomm.comPalm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager(PETERW, Cat 2, Top 14, Msg 56)>>>>>"""""That is one fantastic story. It got a lot of /. comment, too. Carl Knoblock - Retired - Thu  23 Dec 04  9:24:14 pm cknoblo@cox.com - Via Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR v1.0b10 KFest 2005, July 19-24, 2005 - 208 days till KFest On cable via LANceGS & Marinetti 2.0.1 - Thank you, Richard. A2 RTC Staff - Sunday Night House Party - carlk@syndicomm.com(CARLK, Cat 2, Top 14, Msg 57)[EOA][NUL]NEW UPLOADS TO THE A2 LIBRARY"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""There is a new upload in thesystem_software/misc_16-bit/desk_accessories/ndadirectory:File: DictNDA1a1.bxySize: 12032Date: Dec 12DictioNDA is another New Desk Accessory from Ryan Suenaga. This NDA is adict client which will connect with the online dictionary at dict.org totry to define words or phrases.  Requires System 6.0.1 and a working TCP/IPconnection using Marinetti 2.0.1 or later.  Definitely has some bugs;freeware in public alpha.Tony Ward, A2 Librarian(A2.TONY, Cat 2, Top 37, Msg 50)>>>>>"""""We have several new uploads from Kelvin Sherlock:system_software/misc_16-bit/inits_and_finder_extras/Screen.BlankersFile: inkblot.bxySize: 5504Date: Dec 14Twilight II screensaver module, draws random inkblot-like patterns.-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-system_software/misc_16-bit/inits_and_finder_extras/Utility/I-LFile: lilan.102.bxySize: 3840Date: Dec 14Finder Extra to maintain a list of the last 10 applications launched (like"Recent Applications" folder in Windows and Macintosh.)-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-system_software/misc_16-bit/desk_accessories/ndaFile: qserver.101.bxySize: 11136Date: Dec 14NDA server for the "quote of the day" protocol.  Requires Marinetti.-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-Also available is the source code for each of these programs:programming/cdas_ndas_inits/initsFile: inkblot.s.bxySize: 7680Date: Dec 14File: lilan.102.s.bxySize: 12544Date: Dec 14programming/cdas_ndas_inits/ndasFile: qserver.s.bxySize: 12544Date: Dec 14Tony Ward, A2 Librarian(A2.TONY, Cat 2, Top 37, Msg 51)[EOA][SCU]SILVERN CASTLE UPDATES""""""""""""""""""""""Silvern Castle Updates:Please note that downloading the latest update (currently v8.2) is all thatis required to keep your Silvern Castle up to date, or to install a newsetup.After watching the download counter on the v8.1 increase just as fast asthe new v8.2 update, I thought this needed repeating.(FINKSTERJ, Cat 14, Top 7, Msg 142)[EOA][DCG]DICTIONARY CLIENT FOR THE IIgs""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""The Dict client I have been working on is done, but is flawed.  It worksfor most people properly, but some people will miss out on the firstdefinition of a word.  I will have to rewrite it almost completely to getit working properly.  Question: is it preferable to release the flawed (butworks for most people) version now as a public alpha while working on thefully functional version or do I just wait until I'm done with the newversion (which is likely to be at least a month away)?RyanChief Sysop and Head Elf(A2.RYAN, Cat 20, Top 17, Msg 13)>>>>>"""""I'd release the public alpha.Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.comOwner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com                     Building communities, bit by bit.(SYNDICOMM, Cat 20, Top 17, Msg 14)>>>>>""""">> I'd release the public alpha. <<Ditto. Mark Percival - Apprentice Delivered by Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR v1.0b11 The Apple ][ Fanatic and Wednesday Night RTC Host "Midweek Madness!" from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Pacific Time(MARK, Cat 20, Top 17, Msg 15)>>>>>"""""Thanks for the public alpha, Ryan.  I've had no luck though.With DictioNDA installed I have major memory trashing.  Without it all isfine.The only thing I can think of is that your readme specifies installingthe included CoPilot 8 however no fonts were included in the archive.  Isearched around and found a 'CoPilot.8' font elsewhere.I'm running Marinetti 3.0b1 on a 5MB ROM 3. Mark Percival - Apprentice Delivered by Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR v1.0b11 The Apple ][ Fanatic and Wednesday Night RTC Host "Midweek Madness!" from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Pacific Time(MARK, Cat 20, Top 17, Msg 16)>>>>>"""""Then you have the bug on steroids. :)  The issue is that there is a memoryallocation error during parsing sometimes on some machines.The next version (whenever that gets done, I have no idea myself) willhopefully fix this.RyanChief Sysop and Head Elf(A2.RYAN, Cat 20, Top 17, Msg 17)[EOA][MPC]THE MONTHLY PROGRAMMER CHATS""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Are you all still holding Monthly Programmer Chats?  I've been off-line forseveral months and wasn't aware.  I'd like to chime in, if possible.-Lucas(LSCHAREN, Cat 50, Top 5, Msg 27)>>>>>"""""Our first was a blast, the second not as much of one.  I don't think wescheduled something for December (which, given the holidays, was probably awise decision).  I will ask the RTC manager (aka my roommate) to schedulesomething for January.Kirk?RyanChief Sysop and Head Elf(A2.RYAN, Cat 50, Top 5, Msg 28)>>>>>"""""I'd like to see us continue to have regular chats.  Perhaps its time to seta specific schedule for programming chats?Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.comOwner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com                     Building communities, bit by bit.(SYNDICOMM, Cat 50, Top 5, Msg 30)>>>>>"""""I'd be interested in more frequent programmer chats.  I've been doing anunusual amount of gs programming lately and have some ideas (like a controlpanel to convert filetype/auxtypes to mime strings, mime strings tofiletype/auxtypes, maybe sniff out a suggested filetype/mime string basedon the extension, etc.) that might be useful to discuss.Kelvin(KWS, Cat 50, Top 5, Msg 29)>>>>>"""""I had toyed with a concept similar to that several years ago.  I prettymuch gave up on it since I didn't want to develop the database needed totrack everything I wanted.  And I have since wanted to make the projectbigger than originally expected.I see a need for a generic file type converter.  MIME to GS file type willonly get you so far.  The official list of MIME types have a just a handfulof file types that correspond to a GS file type.  This means that many GSfile types would need to be made into MIME Types too--who wants to gothrough the leg work to make that happen (seehttp://www.iana.org/cgi-bin/mediatypes.pl )?To make it more functional for the GS, the file name extension would beneeded as well to convert between MIME type and GS file type.  Again, thereisn't a one-to-one correlation among these.  For example, looking at a MIMEType entry:MIME Type    extension   GS file type    GS aux typetext/html    .htm        TXT             (not used)             .html             .shtmlBut, if you were to look at a GS file type entry for TXT files, the properextension is .txt (or .text) and the MIME Type is text/plain.It would be important to know if a filetype is "binary" or "text",especially useful for FTP file transfers.  gwftp cheats by having aninternal list--it would be nice if there was something available that wasuser accessible.But something like image/png would have a .png extension, but no equivalentGS file type.  Does this mean the internet-standard file types would needto be created for the GS?  Or use the file type of "unknown" and hope thatusers look at the file extension to know what the file type really is?There is no easy solution, but would make for an easier solution forauthors of internet software to share one common database when moving filesacross mechanisms which all associate file types by different means.I think you can see that this is a topic which I would be interested todiscuss.Geoff(GEOFF, Cat 50, Top 5, Msg 31)>>>>>"""""OK, Friday Nights appeared to be the choice of most participants.  Correctme if I'm wrong...  B-{)I slipped on scheduling anything for this month, but perhaps we can justset it up to always be the third Friday, last Friday of each month or somesuch arrangement.  If you have preferences, speak up because I'm likely tojust arbitrarily set it for the Last Friday...Kirk(A2.KIRK, Cat 50, Top 5, Msg 32)>>>>>"""""Any Friday night is fine.  I'd be more inclined to say second Friday, justso our next meeting is sooner. :)Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.comOwner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com                     Building communities, bit by bit.(SYNDICOMM, Cat 50, Top 5, Msg 33)>>>>>"""""Friday nights sounds pretty good.  Count me in!!-Lucas(LSCHAREN, Cat 50, Top 5, Msg 34)>>>>>"""""OK, I'm going to schedule our Programmers RTC for the second Friday of eachmonth at 10:00 pm EST, 7:00 pm PST.We'll hold it in Room 5.  Sorry about not having one this month, buthopefully by setting a constant time and date, we can avoid myincompetence.  B-{)Kirk(A2.KIRK, Cat 50, Top 5, Msg 35)>>>>>"""""That is 3:00am for me, so I probably will not make it... Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Fri 24 Dec 2004 - 207 days till KFest '05 Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR 1.0b11 Setup: IIgs running at 95Mhz thanks to Bernie ][ the Rescue 3.0(CONDUCTOR, Cat 50, Top 5, Msg 37)>>>>>"""""I will make every effort to get to the Friday chat (although I'll likelyrun late which will surprise no one).RyanChief Sysop(A2.RYAN, Cat 50, Top 5, Msg 38)[EOA][LOR]LIFE OF RYAN""""""""""""I have a blog that I've been updating daily since the start of the year:http://livejournal.com/~rsuenagaNot much Apple II related, yet; mostly daily thoughts on finances,Buddhism, and other computers so far.RyanChief Sysop(A2.RYAN, Cat 11, Top 11, Msg 82)[EOA][ITL]------------------------      ILLUMINATING THE LAMP |-----------------------------An overview of GEnieLamp A2 and The Lamp!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~To be Continued"""""""""""""""Note from October 2004 issue:      I'll say goodbye for now, but I'm not fading away as I did in 1995.I'll return some time next year to do another couple of Illuminating TheLamp columns for 2003 and 2004.Steven Weyhricha2history@syndicomm.comhttp://apple2history.org[EOA][ANS]-------------------------------      ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM SYNDICOMM |------------------------------------by Lyle Syverson <lyle@foxvalley.net>[TSU]TO SIGN UP FOR SYNDICOMM ONLINE"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Please visit our web site at http://www.syndicomm.com for information or tosign up!(Logon message)[EOA][FSP]First Syndicommotion of 2005 Posted"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""We've delivered the first issue of our free online newsletter,Syndicommotion, to subscribers via email.  Get the latest news from allyour favorite forums in one convenient package; if you don't subscribe, youcan read the issue or subscribe at    <http://www.syndicomm.com/syndicommotion/>.(Login Announcement, Syndicomm Online)[EOA][LTE]-------------------------------             LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |------------------------------------NO LETTERS TO THE EDITOR THIS MONTH"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""The mail box for Letters to the Editor remained empty this month.[EOA]AN INVITATION~~~~~~~~~~~~~Express your opinions about the comings and goings in the world of theApple II computers.Send your comments to Lyle Syverson, Editor <lyle@FoxValley.net>The Editor reserves the right to edit any material submitted.The Editor reserves the right to reject any material he considersunsuitable for publication in _The Lamp!_.[EOA][KF5]------------------------------                       KFest 2005 |-----------------------------------[LWA]LOOKING WAY AHEAD"""""""""""""""""I'd be interested in the Amusement Park outing if we got enough of us togo.  But, having said that, I'm not going to be at KFest this year :(However, by hook or crook I will be there in 2006 and thereafter. So, putme down for the roller coaster in 06 :)AndyAndy Molloyawmolloy@landsnail.com(AWMOLLOY, Cat 5, Top 7, Msg 23)[EOA][TBH]KansasFest 2005 to be Held JULY 19-24th"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Mark your calendar and start saving some money.[KFW]KansasFest Website""""""""""""""""""Is located here:   http://www.kfest.org[EOA][INN]------------------------------                    EXTRA INNINGS |-----------------------------------About The Lamp!   The Lamp! is published on the fifteenth of every month on"""""""""""""""   the WEB at:   http://lamp.a2central.com/This publication produced entirely with real or emulated Apple II computersusing Appleworks 5.1 and Hermes.  Apple II Forever!     * The Lamp! is (c) copyright 2005 by Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W.  All       rights reserved.     * To reach The Lamp! on Internet email send mail to       thelamp@sheppyware.net     * All issues of The Lamp! are available at The Lamp! Home Page,       http://lamp.a2central.com/>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Opinions expressed herein are those of the individual authors, and do notnecessarily represent the opinions of A2Central.com, Delphi OnlineServices, Syndicomm, Ryan M. Suenaga, or Lyle Syverson.  Forum messages arereprinted verbatim and are included in this publication with permissionfrom the individual authors.  A2Central.com, Delphi Online Services,Syndicomm, Ryan M. Suenaga, and Lyle Syverson do not guarantee the accuracyor suitability of any information included herein.  We reserve the right toedit all letters and copy.Material published in this edition may not be reprinted without theexpressed written consent of the  publisher.   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